Two Nested and Interlocked Beverage Containers

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a beverage container  13,  having a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap to contain a carbonated drink, a beverage container  10,  having a donut shape upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of aluminum foil to contain a mixed juice, the beverage container  10  nesting on top of the beverage container  13,  the removable threaded cap keeping the two nested beverage containers interlocked, and a desired cocktail punch produced through mixing the carbonated drink and juice inside the beverage container  13.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are three main types of bottled beverages by the ways of preservation—1) drinks containing fruit juices, teas, etc. with preservatives; 2) drinks containing fruit juices, teas, etc., pasteurized; and 3) carbonated soft drinks using carbon dioxide and low PH to prevent bacteria growth. It is popular in any birthday, prom, etc. parties to offer some custom-blend “cocktail punch” by blending different kind of carbonated soft drinks, flavored drinks, fruit juices, fresh ingredients, and ice together in proportion in a serving container. It is a time consuming process in preparing & making such a cocktail punch, and it requires knowledge to blend optimum mixture of all ingredients in right proportion to have a tasty drink. In the present beverage industry there were no premixed cocktail punches in the same container containing major portion of carbonated soft drinks with smaller portion of pasteurized or preservatives-added drinks. The reason for that is the mixture of carbonated soft drinks with pasteurized or preservatives-added drinks for an extended time (shelf time) would cause certain bacteria growth (yeast and certain lactic acid bacteria) existed in the carbonated beverage with the nutrients of sugar in the pasteurized beverage, and the bacteria growth results in the production of spoilage, haze, sediment, off-flavors, and gas.

Multi-chamber bottles are already on the market and used as vessels for multi-components with multi closures. Some patents such as U.S. Pat. No. 3,590,989, U.S. Pat. No. 3,658,204, U.S. Pat. No. 3,705,661, U.S. Pat. No. 3,732,999, U.S. Pat. No. 3,741,383, U.S. Pat. No. 3,920,120, U.S. Pat. No. 4,078,701, U.S. Pat. No. 4,235,343, U.S. Pat. No. 4,795,028, U.S. Pat. No. 5,050,757, U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,875, U.S. Pat. No. 5,158,191, U.S. Pat. No. 5,189,892, U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,159, U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,813, U.S. Pat. No. 5,366,089,U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,877, U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,656, U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,671, U.S. Pat. No. 5,765,725, U.S. Pat. No. 5,782,358, U.S. Pat. No. 5,881,868, U.S. Pat. No. 5,992,677, U.S. Pat. No. 6,550,647, U.S. Pat. No. 6,626,308, U.S. Pat. No. 6,989,168, U.S. Pat. No. 7,998,397, U.S. Pat. No. 7,896,180, U.S. Pat. No. 8,172,079, U.S. Pat. No. 8,376,135, U.S. Pat. No. 8,439,228, U.S. Pat. No. 8,025,168 B2, and U.S. 2012/0168400 A1 all have multi-chambers positioned either side by side, top and bottom, or a container with a recessed chamber on the sidewall or at bottom for storing another container. But none of the designs have one container like a donut nested over another container like a bowling pin and interlocked with a locking device, which said locking device in my invention is a threaded removable cap.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to two plastic beverage containers with unique shape for nesting and interlocking with one another and having different drink contents. One of the beverage container has a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap and the other beverage container has a donut shape upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of aluminum foil. The beverage container having a circular upper orifice is to contain a carbonated drink (but not limited to), and the beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice is to contain a pasteurized juice (but not limited to). The ratio of the volume of carbonated drink to the volume of the pasteurized juice is according to a particular mixing ratio of a desired cocktail punch.

At the time of bottling, the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice is filled with the pasteurized juice and sealed with the seal of aluminum foil, following that the sealed container with juice is nested over the empty beverage container having the circular upper orifice, then while the two containers being nested, the empty beverage container is filled with the carbonated drink and capped with the threaded cap, and said threaded cap keeps the two nested beverage containers interlocked.

At the time of consumption, uncap the carbonated beverage container, undo nesting and remove the pasteurized juice beverage container, peel off the seal of aluminum foil, pour the pasteurized juice into the carbonated drink container to mix with the carbonated drink, and produce the desired cocktail punch.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

My invention discloses two nested and interlocked plastic beverage containers comprise a beverage container having a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap, a beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of aluminum foil, a method of nesting of the two beverage containers, centered around two overlapped longitudinal axes, said two overlapped longitudinal axes being two longitudinal axes of the two beverage containers, and a locking device, said locking device being the removable threaded cap keeps the two nested beverage containers secured in their interlocked position.

The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice comprises a thickened circular inner ring, a thickened circular outer ring, said two circular rings centered around the longitudinal axis and lied on a plane, comprising the donut shape upper orifice, an inner cylindrical sidewall, coincided and joined with the circular inner ring, an outer cylindrical sidewall, coincided and joined with the circular outer ring, a cylindrical through hole, formed by the circular inner ring and the inner cylindrical sidewall, and a donut bottom. The donut bottom comprises an inner curved wall forming a smaller circle, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall, an outer curved wall forming a larger circle, coincided and joined with the outer cylindrical sidewall.

The beverage container having the circular upper orifice comprises a threaded neck, centered around the longitudinal axis, said threaded neck comprising the circular upper orifice for receiving the removable threaded cap, a smaller upper cylindrical sidewall; centered around the longitudinal axis, a larger lower cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, a curved top joining the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall and the larger lower cylindrical sidewall, and a container bottom.

The removable threaded cap further defined as similar to a conventional tamper-proof soda bottle cap comprises an upper cylindrical cap, a middle circular break joint, a lower circular skirt, and a flange extended a width radically away from a peripheral edge of the upper cylindrical cap, said flange being molded together with the upper cylindrical cap in manufacturing.

The cylindrical through hole has a diameter larger than a diameter of the threaded neck, has the diameter larger than a diameter of the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall, has the diameter smaller than a diameter of the larger lower cylindrical sidewall, and has the diameter smaller than a sum of a diameter of the upper cylindrical cap and two times the width of the flange.

The method of nesting of the two beverage containers not only positions the upper cylindrical sidewall inside the cylindrical through hole, but also positions the circular upper orifice, received the threaded cap entirely above the donut shape upper orifice, received the donut shape seal of aluminum foil.

The beverage container having the circular upper orifice is filled with both a volume of carbonated drink and a volume of CO2 gas. The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice is filled with a volume of pasteurized juice. The ratio of the volume of carbonated drink to the volume of the pasteurized juice is according to a particular mixing ratio of a desired cocktail punch.

Both containers are made of plastic by conventional molding process used for plastic bottles, but they can be made of glass or other composites as well. The making of the containers, filling of beverage, gas, sealing, and capping are the same methods as commonly used in the present drinks industry.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1—is a center line vertical cross section of two nested beverage container, filled with contents, sealed or capped in accordance with an embodiment of a present invention through an axis along a line 1-1 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2—is a horizontal cross section of the two nested beverage containers of FIG. 1 along a line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3—is a center line vertical cross section of an empty beverage container having an upper circular orifice in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4—is a center line vertical cross section of a threaded cap in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention through an axis along a line of 4-4 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 5—is a top view of the threaded cap.

FIG. 6—is a center vertical cross section of an empty beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention through an axis along a line 6-6 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 7—is a top view of the beverage container of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8—is an exterior elevation of FIG. 1 labeled with advertisements.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIGS. 1 & 2 are shown that two nested and interlocked beverages containers comprise a beverage container 10, having a donut shape upper orifice 11, sealed with a seal of aluminum foil 12, and a beverage container 13, having a circular upper orifice 14, capped with a threaded cap 15, and a nesting of the two beverage containers 10 and 13, centered around two overlapped longitudinal axes of 40 a, 40 b. They also shows the beverage container 13, filled with a carbonated drink 16, to a liquid level 17, and a CO2 gas 18, and the beverage container 10, filled with a pasteurized juice 19.

FIGS. 1 & 2 are further shown that the nesting of two beverages containers 10 and 13, positions a smaller upper cylindrical sidewall 22, of the beverage container 13, inside an inner cylindrical sidewall 21, of the beverage container 10.

FIG. 1 is further shown that the nesting of two beverages containers 10 and 13, positions the circular upper orifice 14, capped with the threaded cap 15, entirely above the donut shape upper orifice 11, sealed with the seal of aluminum foil 12. It also shows the threaded cap 15, keeping the beverage container 10, in an interlocked position from separating from the beverage container 13.

FIG. 3 is shown that the empty beverage container 13, having the circular upper orifice 14, comprises a threaded neck 23, centered around a longitudinal axis 40 a, the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall 22, centered around the longitudinal axis 40 a, a larger lower cylindrical sidewall 24, centered around the longitudinal axis 40 a, a curved top 25, joining the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall 22, and the larger lower cylindrical sidewall 24, and a container bottom 26.

FIG. 4 is shown that the threaded cap 15, comprises an upper cylindrical cap 27, a middle circular break joint 28, a lower circular skirt 29, and a flange 30, extended radically away from a peripheral edge of the upper cylindrical cap 27.

FIG. 5 is shown a top view of the threaded cap 15, having a smaller circular projection 31, of the upper cylindrical cap 27, and a larger circular projection 32, of the flange 30.

FIGS. 6 & 7 are shown that the beverage container 10, having the donut shape upper orifice 11, lied on a plane 41, comprises a thickened circular inner ring 33, a thickened circular outer ring 34, the inner cylindrical sidewall 21, an outer cylindrical sidewall 20, and a donut bottom 36.

FIGS. 6 & 7 are further shown the circular inner ring 33, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall 21, and the circular outer ring 34, coincided and joined with the outer cylindrical sidewall 20, all centered around a longitudinal axis 40 b. FIG. 6 is also shown the donut bottom 36, comprising a curved inner wall 37, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall 21, and a curved outer wall 38, coincided and joined with the outer cylindrical sidewall 20.

FIGS. 6 & 7 are further shown the circular inner ring 33, and the circular outer ring 34, comprising the donut shape upper orifice 11, and the circular inner ring 33, and the inner cylindrical sidewall 21, comprising a cylindrical through hole 35, said the cylindrical through hole 35, having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the larger circular projection 32, of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is shown the exterior elevation of the beverage container 10, nested over the beverage container 13, secured in their interlocked position by the threaded cap 15, and received couple of advertising labels 39. 

We claim:
 1. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers comprise a beverage container having a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap, a beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of aluminum foil, the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice nested on top of the beverage container having the circular upper orifice, both beverage containers centered around two overlapped longitudinal axes, and the threaded cap keeping the two nested beverage containers interlocked.
 2. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1, wherein the two overlapped longitudinal axes comprises a longitudinal axis of the beverage container having the circular upper orifice and a longitudinal axis of the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice.
 3. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1, wherein the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice comprises a thickened circular inner ring, a thickened circular outer ring, said two circular rings centered around the longitudinal axis and lied on a plane, comprising the donut shape upper orifice, an inner cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, coincided and joined with the circular inner ring, an outer cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, coincided and joined with the circular outer ring, a cylindrical through hole, and a donut bottom.
 4. The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice of claim 3, wherein the donut bottom comprises an inner curved wall forming a smaller circle, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall, an outer curved wall forming a larger circle, coincided and joined with the outer cylindrical sidewall.
 5. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1, wherein the beverage container having the circular upper orifice comprises a threaded neck, centered around a longitudinal axis, said threaded neck comprising the circular upper orifice, a smaller upper cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, a larger lower cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, a curved top joining the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall and the larger lower cylindrical sidewall, and a container bottom.
 6. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1, wherein the removable threaded cap further defined as similar to a conventional tamper-proof soda bottle cap comprises an upper cylindrical cap, a middle circular break joint, a lower circular skirt, and an annular flange extended away from a peripheral edge of the upper cylindrical cap to form an outer circular edge.
 7. The cylindrical through hole of claim 3, is a cylindrical void formed by the inner circular ring and the inner cylindrical sidewall having a diameter measured at a narrowest distance.
 8. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is larger than a diameter of the threaded neck.
 9. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is larger than a diameter of the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall.
 10. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is smaller than a diameter of the larger lower cylindrical sidewall.
 11. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is smaller than a diameter of the outer circular edge of the annular flange.
 12. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1, wherein the the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice nested on top of the beverage container having the circular upper orifice not only positions the upper cylindrical sidewall inside the cylindrical through hole, but also positions the circular upper orifice, received the removable threaded cap entirely above the donut shape upper orifice, received the donut shape seal of aluminum foil. 